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An inquiry is presently underway in connection with an incident where the driver of an ambulance who had been transporting a patient needing urgent treatment to the Ratnapura General Hospital from Embilipitiya District Hospital some days ago had in the process of the journey had stopped near a coconut-seller's shop
and had engaged in a private activity of husking coconuts, forgetting the patient inside the ambulance.

Information about this was reported by the son of the patient who incidentally happened to be by the side of the said patient inside the ambulance across the video he had recorded from his mobile phone.  The scenes which he had recorded were later released to the social media and after lakhs of people had viewed it, the Sabaragamuwa Province Health Ministry came to know about this and had made inquiries about the driver concerned. It is clearly depicted in the video that the driver had no inclination or thoughts of rescuing the patient when the latter was being transported. He had been wasting his time by selecting coconuts and had been spending his time having a chat with those in the shop till the coconuts were husked and finished. Even the attendant who escorted him keeps watching the scene as if these things are common occurences to him.

When investigating the background of this driver who is affiliated to Embilipitiya District Hospital it was found that on previous occasions too he had been subjected to allegations of others over similar incidents; but because there was no strong evidence available he had managed to get away, it was reported. However, because of the concrete evidence of this video things had misfired for him. The Sabaragamuwa Health Ministry which went into immediate action in this instance had given him a transfer and an inquiry is underway. On the forthcoming results, there is a probability that in the future there is a likelihood that his services would be suspended, it is reported. The video concerned, from below